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Praxius: Of course you are right about suicide...it's a crime only prosecuted on failed attempts...i.e, attempted suicide.

The thought police are not in power just as yet. Laws are not passed to prevent crimes. They are put into place to DEFINE crime and to DISCOURAGE it.

Yes, you can still beat your mother to death with a baseball bat but don't expect sympathy and understanding from others or the law. Being amoral or anti-social won't endear you to society.

Personal freedom? No. If someone else gets embarrassed by my goodies hanging out, that's their problem, not mine.

No, it'll probably be YOUR problem more than theirs (because of LAWS!).

Try it and see...

Yes..... yes she does. Are you saying that if she stabs herself, she should goto jail for assault on herself?

Actually, no. I think most crimes stem from emotional or mental 'breakdowns'. I think most criminals need HELP and not punishment. However, with that said, I don't think they will find very efficient help in our established hospitals. It's often that only religion can offer any lasting results.

Save the fetus, save the mother, save the dolphins, save the leprechauns, save the pandas, save everything......

Don't forget to save your breath...

Look, I agree that we are over legislated. I don't think that it ought to be the law that you have to wear seat belts and I don't think they exist to save lives but rather they exist to provide revenue for over budgeted governments.

Still, it's probably better to have too many laws (less freedom) than not to have enough laws (more freedom).

I don't expect many criminals to agree.

You know what..... you can't control the entire world and people will still do whatever they so dam please without caring what other's think.... it's humanity.

As Jethro Tull said in their song, "Locomotive Breath":

"God has stole the handle and the train, it won't stop...

though it could slow down."

I don't want to stop the train called "humanity"...

though I would like to see it slow down.

If I was a woman, and I was pregnant, it would be my choice alone if I wanted to keep the baby or not, not someone else's.

Which brings me back to my other point...

The baby does not belong to the mother EXCLUSIVELY. It is a SHARED venture and the child EQUALLY belongs to the father.

It is an unspoken agreement that the MOTHER has been ENTRUSTED to the care of that child (in escrow, so to speak) until it can be delivered at a later date.

This, of course, implies a best-case scenario under perfect conditions in a perfect world, which is rarely the case.

Stipulations for every conceivable variation must be...stipulated.